Five days after being released, the WannaCry ransomware has infected more than 300,000 devices in over 150 countries worldwide, as reported by the United States Homeland Security Advisor.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho saw a surge in road accidents between December 16, 2016 and May 3, 2017, with 31 accidents happening in the period, up nine from the same period last year.

Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), and Head of the CPVCC’s Mass Mobilization Commission has been named President of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association in the 2013-2018 tenure.

VOV.VN - The remains of 30 Vietnamese soldiers killed in Laos during the revolutionary war were interred with the full military honours due to them Tuesday (May 23) at the Tong Khao Cemetery inthe province of Dien Bien. 

To deal with possible electrical shortages during the dry season, the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will make the most of all power sources, including coal, gas, diesel-fueled and hydropower stations, a representative of the corporation has said.

The Ministry of Education and Training plans to allow schools at all levels to recruit teachers on the basis of their specific requirements, instead of recruiting based on targets set by the education sector.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia is working with local authorised agencies to verify the information that 23 Vietnamese fishermen were allegedly arrested for illegal fishing in Malaysia’s territorial waters.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s first Language Assessment Symposium opened on May 23 in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing together the best UK and Vietnamese testing and assessment experts.

The Ministry of Public Security's Police Investigation Agency on May 22 ratified charges against Phi Thai Binh, former vice chairman of Hanoi, for mismanagement during his time as chairman of Vinaconex Corporation's board of directors.

The Vietnamese government expects to hit its growth target for the year despite a slow first quarter by excavating more crude oil, but lawmakers said this would go against a bigger plan to build a sustainable economy which relies less on mining.

The Military High Command of the southern province of Binh Phuoc on May 22 worked with National Shooting Range Region 3 to dismantle various bombs, mines and artillery left over from wars in Loc Ninh and Bu Dang districts.

Authorities of the central city of Hue have banned the construction of tall buildings near the city’s garden houses, considered an architectural legacy of the former imperial capital.

The Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC) on May 22 awarded the Green One United Nations House (GOUNH) in Hanoi a Platinum Lotus certification, the highest level in the market-based green building rating system.

Vietnam is the first partner country for the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Asia. VIR talks with Kim Jinoh, the newly-appointed country director of KOICA, on his mission and the agency’s efforts toward supporting Vietnam’s education, healthcare, and green growth sectors.

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked for approval from the Ministry of Transport to use English on street signs to serve foreign tourists.

Hanoi’s Departments of Information and Communications, and Education and Training, and the Hanoi Post held an event in the city on May 22 to mark Vietnam’s 30-years of participation in the Universal Postal Union (UPU) letter writing contest.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has approved a programme on urban development through 2025, aiming to meet local socio-economic development needs in the context of international integration and to improve local living standards.

Thousands of Cham Bani or Muslim Cham people in the south central province of Ninh Thuan are busy preparing for Ramuwan (Ramadan), their traditional New Year festival, from May 24-26.

The U.S. embassy has officially transferred six 45-foot Metal Shark patrol boats to the Vietnam Coast Guard on May 22, a moved hailed as an important step in expanding security cooperation between the two countries.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has ordered departments and district-level people’s committees to use electronic signatures when issuing electronic documents starting from June 1.

VOV.VN - Biodiversity resources are the foundation for and the measurement of development of every nation around the world. Thy Hat has a story about biodiversity in Vietnam on the occasion of International Biodiversity Day, May 22.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and embassies of African countries in Vietnam held a seminar in Hanoi on May 22 on boosting investments in youth in Africa. 

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has petitioned the municipal People’s Council to increase salary and allowances to raise incomes for kindergarten teachers to encourage them to continue working as the city has seen a year-by-year increase of kindergarten teachers quitting their jobs.

Ho Chi Minh City aims to increase the proportion of secondary school graduates enrolled at vocational training schools to 30% by 2020, but the schools are struggling to maintain enrollments.

The Hanoi Health Department has announced the first death from dengue fever since the beginning of this year.

Doctors from HCM City’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases advised people to vaccinate against tetanus as the hospital admitted 134 patients with the disease in the first four months of this year, accounting for nearly 50% of last year’s total.

The Health Department in the southern province of Binh Duong has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of dengue fever in the locality.

VOV.VN - Former Miss Universe 2015 Pham Huong lifted off May 21 from Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City for a visit to Kenya where she will join forces with US organizations to help put an end to illicit trade in wildlife.

VOV.VN - Ever since the 133-year-old Italian scooter manufacturer Piaggio first launched production of its iconic Vespa in Vietnam, the scooter has been tightly linked to Vietnamese looks and lifestyle.  

Developing ward-level health centres is one of leading priorities of the HCM City Department of Health in order to help local residents get better primary healthcare services.